About the Health Monitor

You must be an Admin, Maintenance, or Security Analyst user to perform this procedure.

The health monitor provides the compiled health status for all devices managed by the management center, plus the management center itself. The health monitor is composed of:

  • The Health Status summary page ― Provides you with an at-a-glance view of the health of the management center and all of the devices that the management center manages. Devices are listed individually, or grouped according to their geolocation, high availability, or cluster status where applicable.

    • View the health summary of the management center and any device when you hover on the hexagon that represents the device health.

    • The dot to the left of a device indicates its health:

      • Green ― No alarms.

      • Orange ― At least one health warning.

      • Red ― At least one critical health alarm.

  • The Monitoring navigation pane ― Allows you to navigate the device hierarchy. You can view health monitors for individual devices from the navigation pane.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose System (system gear icon) > Health > Monitor.

Step 2

View the status of the management center and its managed devices in the Health Status landing page.

  1. Hover your pointer over a hexagon to view the health summary of a device. The popup window shows a truncated summary of the top five health alerts. Click on the popup to open a detailed view of the health alert summary.

  2. In the device list, click Expand (expand icon) and Collapse (collapse icon) to expand and collapse the list of health alerts for a device.

    When you expand the row, all of the health alerts are listed, including the status, title, and details.

    Note

    Health alerts are sorted by their severity level.

Step 3

Use the Monitoring navigation pane to access device-specific health monitors. When you use the Monitoring navigation pane:

  1. Click Home to return Health Status summary page.

  2. Click Firewall Management Center to view the health monitor for the Secure Firewall Management Center itself.

  3. In the device list, click Expand (expand icon) and Collapse (collapse icon) to expand and collapse the list of managed devices.

    When you expand the row, all of the devices are listed.

  4. Click on a device to view a device-specific health monitor.

  5. In the health monitor, hover over a graph to view all metrics and their respective values at that specific point on the graph. Click on the graph to pin the metrics statistics box, allowing you to explore the metrics and their values in detail. To close the statistics box and move to another point on the graph, simply click the close button.

What to do next

  • See Device Health Monitors for information about the compiled health status and metrics for any device managed by the management center.

  • See Using Management Center Health Monitor for information about the health status of the management center.

    To return to the Health Status landing page at any time, click Home.